In 1985, Islamic Relief’s began its first project-sponsoring a chicken farm in Sudan. That same year, its founders hired a small office in Moseley, in Birmingham, and from there raised £100,000 for the famine response. Islamic Relief grew at a rapid rate, and over the next five years, started working in Mozambique, Iran, Pakistan, Malawi, Iraq, and Afghanistan, among others, responding to emergencies and distributing clothes, food, offering health support and beginning the long-term project that is now our One-to-One Orphan Sponsorship programme. Today, by the grace of God, Islamic Relief is a truly global organization, working in more than 40 countries providing emergency aid, carrying out long-term development, and campaigning for change.